Can naturalized players still recover?

It is difficult for naturalized players to recover.

With only half a month left before the World Cup preliminaries against Japan, more and more news has confirmed that it will be difficult for naturalized players to return to the team. Naturalized players refer to players who voluntarily and actively acquire the nationality of another country other than their nationality of birth. It's a bit like skilled immigrants, such as Kaman of the German team, Gordon of the British team, and Blatche, Dohit and Javier of the Philippines. With the continuous acceleration of the globalization of sports, the phenomenon of cross-border mobility of competitive talents is frequent, and the phenomenon of "dual nationality" is gradually emerging.

Nationality is the primary condition for athletes to participate in international events. Statistics show that 198 of the 225 countries and regions in the world have recognized or acquiesced to "dual nationality" status.

Relevant requirements

In May 2017, the Chinese Ice Hockey Association issued a notice saying: In order to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and quickly improve the level of Chinese ice hockey competition, the Chinese Ice Hockey Association for the first time Breaking the traditional selection mechanism, we will recruit and select national ice hockey team players around the world, including overseas selections from June 4th to 11th. In addition to Chinese players who missed the Beijing selection camp, the focus of this selection is Chinese and Chinese ice hockey players who are willing to become Chinese nationals.

According to the relevant regulations of the IIHF, players who have played in a country or region for two years are eligible to represent that country or region in international competitions. In the 2017 World Championships, the Korean team reached the top group of the World Championships for the first time in history with 6 naturalized players from Canada.